...killed my family and hit the road: Best of 2010

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sabato 17 marzo 2012

[Live] [Veterani] Deerhunter / Desire lines (Live on the Interface)

Deerhunter - Desire lines (Live on the Interface)

when you were young

and your excitement showed

but as time goes by

does it outgrow

is that the way things go

forever reaching for the goal

forever fading black

comes a glow

walking free

come with me

far away

every day

when you were young

you never knew which way to go

what was once gray

no undertones

well every day do what you can

if you let them turn you round

whatever goes up

must come down

walking free

come with me

far away

every day

Da HALCYON DIGEST (2010 4AD)

martedì 17 maggio 2011

[Live] Warpaint / Elephants

Straordinaria esibizione del gruppo di Los Angeles al Later with Jools Holland del 13 maggio 2011.

domenica 20 marzo 2011

[CDG] Diamond Rings / It's not my party

Diamond Rings - It's not my party (2011)

Diamond Rings è il progetto solista del musicista canadese di Toronto John O'Regan. La CDG di oggi è il quarto singolo estratto dal suo album di debutto, Special affections (2010).

venerdì 18 marzo 2011

[CDG] PS I love you / Facelove

PS I love you - Facelove (2010)

DA MEET ME AT THE MUSTER STATION (2010)

What is the significance of a Muster Station?

A muster station is the place on any large boat where people are supposed to gather if the boat is sinking to get on lifeboats. On the Wolfe Island ferry, in Kingston, the muster station is near the front of the boat. It’s where I like to stand up on these little steps that are there and watch the city get closer or further away. I guess it’s one of my favourite spots in all of Kingston.[#]

mercoledì 16 marzo 2011

[CDG] PS I love you / Get over

PS I love you - Get over (2011)

Please talk about your song "Get Over." That fuzz distortion is unstoppable. What are you playing there? How did you get your sounds? Where did you record? Who produced? Get geeky for me.

The big fuzz riff in the chorus has been used in about three different songs over the past four years or so. I originally wrote it and would perform it on the bass. The verse riff was something that I would mess around with but had no plans for until I played it for Benjamin and he started playing this wicked drumbeat with clicky-clacky 16th notes. It really worked, and then it seemed natural that the old fuzz-bass riff would fit as the instrumental chorus hook. So I trashed the old song it was in and I started yelping about stuff into a mic and that's how we wrote "Get Over."

My friend Matt Kicul recorded it in a warehouse in Kingston. I'm playing a telecaster into an Electro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer into my Music Man amp. I also layered in a clean guitar and a bright-sounding bass guitar. The chorus riff is fuzzed by an Electro-Harmonix metal muff. The organ riff at the end of the song, like the fuzz-bass chorus riff, was from an old song that was going nowhere, so it got transplanted into this one. The organ is an early 1970s Yamaha electric organ. I used an MXR Phase 90 and an Ibanez Analog Delay and ran it into my Music Man amp.

Our producer is Matt Rogalsky. Matt is a professor of experimental music at Queens University in Kingston. He did a lot of magic editing and equalizing to get that sweet drum sound. He also did some sweet treatments on the fuzz-bass riff that make it sound extra synthy and fat. There's probably a lot of other stuff he did that I don't even know about. He's kind of mysterious like that. He does all this work and then plays it for me, and then I turn the guitars way up in the mix and it's done. That's pretty much the basic formula for all our songs. Also, how many times did I use the word "riff"? [#]

DA MEET ME AT THE MUSTER STATION (2010)

mercoledì 9 marzo 2011

[Video] The National / Conversation 16

The National - Conversation 16 (2010)

In qualità di grande fan di Mad Men non potevo non segnalare il nuovo video di The National con John Slattery.

venerdì 28 gennaio 2011

[CDG] Puro Instinct feat. Ariel Pink / Stilyagi

Puro Instinct (Feat Ariel Pink) - Stilyagi (2010)

Californian sisters Piper and Skylar Kaplan, aka Pearl Harbor, changed their name to Puro Instinct. Under the new moniker, the sisters are joined by Ariel Pink on Stilyagi, the A-Side of a 7″ out now. After that, look for their debut full-length Headbangers In Ecstasy for Mexican Summer. [#]

lunedì 17 gennaio 2011

[Video] Two Doors Cinema Club / What you know

Two Doors Cinema Club - What you know (2011)

Sempre tratto dal loro album di debutto ‘Tourist History‘ del 2010, i Two Doors Cinema Club presentano il loro nuovo singolo ‘What You Know‘ in uscita il 7 febbraio.

domenica 16 gennaio 2011

giovedì 16 dicembre 2010

[Best of] Blumzie's best of 2010

Questo blog va in vacanza fino all'anno nuovo, ma prima di partire non potevo lasciarvi senza LA MIA PERSONALE TRACKLIST DELL'ANNO APPENA TRASCORSO. Non sono in grado di dire quale sia stato l'album dell'anno o la canzone più bella, e anche se lo sapessi non credo che avrebbe molta importanza. Personalmente ho trovato che l'album dei Foals Total live forever fosse quello con il maggior numero di belle canzoni, anche se la canzone che mi ha emozionato di più è stata O maybe I dei Chapel Club. La palma del migliore esordio se la contendono Best Coast e Surfer Blood. Non mi esprimo sugli italiani perchè ho ascoltato troppa poca musica nostrana. Confidando che nel 2011 il botto lo faranno i Chapel Club (primo album in uscita a fine gennaio) ho già in programma di vederli dal vivo in Aprile qui ad Amburgo.